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Thursday, January 10, 2013

The Sable City - M. Edward McNally

The Sable City
is the first in McNally's epic fantasy Norothian Cycle. I'm always on
the lookout for epic fantasy that doesn't recycle Tolkien's
elves/dwarves/Orcs, and McNally does a good job here of inventing some
new stuff. Oh, sure, one of the main characters in this book (Captain
Block) is a dwarf, and McNally adds a dragon (or two) and a demon (or
several) here and there. But the main characters are pretty much
assuredly human. Although you've gotta wonder about that guy with the
katana....

Here's my review from Goodreads:

McNally
does a great job with this, the first in (at least) a trilogy. I loved
many of the characters -- the inept wizard Phin, the mercenary Zeb, the
devil Balan (who, I suspect, is a refugee from our own world), and of
course Tilda, the novice Guilder who, even after she's lost everything,
just keeps on keeping on.

If you like epic fantasy -- and I know that a whole bunch of you do -- check out this series.